A5057456951- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
Palacký University Olomouc
2022-2025
The click beetles (Elateridae) represent the major and well-known group of polyphagan superfamily Elateroidea. Despite a relatively rich fossil record Mesozoic Elateridae, only few species are described from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Although Elateridae spend most their lives as larvae, our knowledge on immature stages this family is limited, which especially valid for fossils. So far, single larval beetle has been reported Here, we describe two specimens same deposit based morphology...
The genus Prototrichalus Molino-Olmedo, Ferreira, Branham and Ivie, 2020 known from Burmese amber was initially attributed to the family of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) in superfamily Elateroidea, soon after transferred Tenebrionoidea incertae sedis compared with Ischalia Pascoe, 1860. Here, we examined additional material confirmed it is first Mesozoic subgroup false fire-coloured Ischaliidae) Tenebrionoidea. This oldest yet available record Ischaliidae suggests their at least...
The click beetles (Elateridae) originated in the Mesozoic and recently form a relatively large family with approximately 10,000 described species worldwide. However, Mesozoic, particularly Cretaceous, beetle fauna remains very poorly known. Here we describe Burmogonus cretaceus gen. et sp. nov. based on single, well-preserved, specimen from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. This can be assigned confidence to subfamily Elaterinae, supra-antennal carinae being incomplete across head directed...